Ironing-cabinet.



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IRONING CABINET. APPLICATIONHLEU SEPT-30, 1918.

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IRONING CABINET.

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ANDERSON JENKINS, or JAGKSQNVILLE, FLORIDA.

IRONING-GA'BIN'ET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

Application filed september 30, 1918. Serial'No. 256,266.

To all whom z't-may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDERSON JENKINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Duval and State of Florida,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIroning-Cabinets, of which 'the following is a specification.

This invention 1 relates to laundry apparatus, and more particularly toironing outfits or cabinets.

The object of the invention is to provide a collapsible ironing cabinetwhich when not in use may be stored in a very small space and whenneeded setup quickly.

Another object is to'prov-ide an outfit of this character including asliding board and a folding or swinging-stool for use when ironing.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation of theoutfit embodying this invention shown ready for use,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the socket carrying end of theseat supporting bracket,

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the outfit,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the cabinet constituting a portionof the outfit with the boards employed incased therein in the positionassumed when not in use, and

Fig. 6 is a front view of the wall engaging plate shown attached to abase board, the latter being broken off for convenience in illustration.

In the embodiment illustrated a cabinet 1 is shown composed of a baseboard 2 having upstanding end members 3 connected at one edgeintermediately of their ends by a cross bar 4. These end members areconnected at their upper ends by laterally spaced rods 5 which formguides and retaining members for the ironing board 20 and the slidingboard 25 presently to be described, and to a permit the cabinet to beused as a clothes rackwhen outfit is in use.

The front of the cabinet 1 has a movable wall or closure 6 extensiblyconnected therewith by links 7 and when in operative position isdesigned to be swung upwardly as shown in Figs. 1 and 2-form1ng asupport at its opposite ends or side edges which are designed todetachably engage eyes 9 carried by theinner faces of the end members 3and when said eyes are engaged by said hooks the plate 6 will be held ininoperative closed position and form one wall of the cabinet .1 which isdesigned to receive the boards 25 and 20 as shown clearly in Fig. 5.

Another support for the board 20 is shown in the form of a plate 10adapted to be connected with a support, preferably with 'the base board'24: of a room by means of angle brackets 17 shown clearly in Figs. 1and 6. This plate 10 has projecting from its front face a pair ofvertically alined bearings 11 in which is mounted a pintle 12 forming ahinge for the bracket arm 13 which is bifurcated at its rear end asshown at 13 and the furcations thereof equipped with bearings 13 throughwhich the pintle 12 passes. This bracket 13 has its free end curvedupwardly and provided with a socket member 14 which is designed toreceive a pintle 23 carried by the lower face 22 of a chair or stool 21.

' The plate 10 is further provided on its outer face with obliquelydisposed alined supporting clips 15 which are designed to support oneend of the slide board 25, the other end being supported by the clips 8on the outer face of plate 6 as is shown clearly in Fig. 1. This plate10 is also provided on its upper edge with an upstanding pin or stud 16which is designed to pass through an aperture 20 in the board 20 when inuse as is shown clearly in Figs. 1

and 2. This pin holds the board securely in engagement with plate 10 andthe other end thereof rests on the upper edge of plate 6 permitting itto be lifted when desired for the insertion of skirts and the like forironing.

From the above description it will be seen that the outfit embodyingthis invention comprises a cabinet 1 in which the slidable board '25 andironing board 2Q may be stored when not in use and the wall plate 10 onwhich is mounted the seat or stool supporting bracket 13 which isfoldable flat against said plate when not in use, the seat itself beingfirst removed and placed where desired.

When it is desired to use the outfit, all that is necessary is to swingthe bracket 13 out and insert the pintle 23 of the seat in the socket 14then disengage the hooks 9 from the eyes 9 and swing the extensibleplate 6 outward until its lower end rests on the floor with its upperend in position to support the ironing board 20. The ironing board isthen removed from the cabinet and its apertured endengaged with theupstanding pin 16 carried by plate 10 and its other end rested on thetop of -plate'6'. The sliding board 25 is engaged with the clips 8 and15 carried respectively by the plates 6 and 10 and operates to guide theclothes ironed into a basket or other receptacle beneath the board 20.The seat supporting bracket 13 is positioned at one side of the boardengaging pintle 16 so that the oper- Oopies of this patent may beobtained for ator may be conveniently located in relation to the board20 and the sliding board 2 5.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of themethod of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the artto which the invention appertains and while I have described theprinciple of operation of the invention together with the device which Inow consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have itunderstood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that suchchanges may be made as are within the scope of the claimed invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:

An ironing cabinet having laterally spaced guides for boards to behoused in the cabinet, a front plate connected with the cabinet by linksand adapted .to fit flat against the front face of the cabinet when-notin use, a rest for supporting said plate when folded, a support engagingplate, an ironing board having means for engagement with said plate, aslide board, and meanscarried by said plates for supporting the slideboard in inclined position below the ironing board.

In testimony whereof I aifixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDERSON JENKINS. Witnesses:

WILLIE LOWE, JOHN H. BALLOU.

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